Resuscitation by extracorporeal lung assist of a patient suffocating after inhalation of sawdust particles.
A 17-yr-old male accidentally inhaled a massive amount of sawdust particles. Severe respiratory distress developed, resulting in subcutaneous emphysema and left pneumothorax. Therefore, sufficient positive-pressure ventilation was inapplicable. Under veno-venous extracorporeal lung assist (ECLA) with an artificial lung, the sawdust particles were removed by broncho-fibroscopy and lung lavage. After 36 h, the patient was weaned from ECLA without further complications.
Terasaki
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H
Department of Anesthesiology, Kumamoto University Medical School, Kumamoto City, Japan.
Higashi
K
K
Takeshita
J
J
Tanoue
T
T
Morioka
T
T
D000293:Adolescent; D001187:Artificial Organs; D001237:Asphyxia / Q000628:therapy*; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D004391:Dust; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung; D008297:Male; D012151:Resuscitation / Q000379:methods*; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation; D014934:Wood
D004391:Dust